Boodie Jay

If you recall, several months ago I introduced you to the grumpy naked four year old monster that had invaded my sweet bug's body. Oh, the monster is still there, it just wears underwear now. It began wearing underwear approximately 2 months ago, after a weekend stay with "the warden" (aka Nana). I honestly did not think anything of it. Just silently thanked my mother for getting my child to at least run around with some form of clothing on.

Last night as we were getting the bug ready for her bath, I asked her to take her dirty clothes to the laundry room before we went upstairs. The bug willingly complied but came back from the laundry room with her underwear still on.

"Bug, you need to take your panties off too."

"No mommy, I can't."

"Why can't you?"

"Because if I take my panties off, the Boodie Jays will come."

"Boodie Jays? What Boodie Jays?"

"The Boodie Jays that will come and peck my boodie off. I have to keep my panties on until I take my bath."

"Baby, there's no such thing as boodie jays."

"Uh, huh, Nana says that if I don't keep my panties on, then the boodie jays will come and peck my boodie off."

"Baby, I promise you that the boodie jays are not coming tonight. Please take you panties off and put them in the dirty clothes basket."

"You promise the boodie jays won't come tonight?"

"I promise."

"Are they sleeping?"

"Yes, they are sleeping."

"No boodie jays?"

"No boodie jays."

The bug, reluctantly complied and took her underwear off. She quickly walked up the stairs, both hands protecting her bottom. After we got the bug settled in bed, I called "the warden."

"What is this about boodie jays?"

"Boodie Jays, Betsy what are you talking about?"

"When I was trying to get the Bug to take her panties off and put them in the dirty clothes basket, she said that you told her that if she did not keep her panties on the boodie jays would come and peck her boodie off."

The warden started laughing hysterically. "No, the weekend she spent the night, she refused to put any clothing on. So I told her that if she did not at least put on a pair of panties, the blue jays were going to come and peck her boodie. You may thank me now."

This morning the bug woke up and unlike the usually strip down and run around in her underwear routine, she is still in her pajamas.

"Bug, why are you still in your pajamas?"

The Bug's whispered...

"The boodie jays are awake mommy, don't open the door, I don't want them to peck my boodie off."

Gee...thanks mother.